Book-cover protector.



G. FORTUNE.

BOOK COVER PROTECTOR. APPLICATION'FILED APR. 6, 1915.

1,1729% Patented Feb. 15,1916.

GEGRGE FORTUNE, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BOOK-COVER PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1316.

Application filed April 6, 1915. Serial No. 19,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FORTUNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-CoverProtectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to book protectors for the backs and covers ofbooks, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide aiple protector of fabric or tape or strong paper, and in differentsizes, said protector having pockets at the corners for receiving thecorners of the cover of the book, thus providing a protector which iseasily connected to the book, and which will extend entirely over theback and cover of the book.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1is a plan view of the protector having one of its corners shown in planbefore it is folded over to form the corner pocket, Fig. 2 is a detailplan view of one of the corner pockets partially folded, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of the corner pockets pulled outward to admitthe corner of the protector of a book.

Referringto the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body portion ofthe book protector and this may be made of cloth, strong paper, vellumor tracing linen, and may be of difierent sizes for eifi'erentcharacters of books. The protector 1 at each of the four corners isprovided with an extended portion 2, the corner 3 of which is adapted tobe folded on the dotted line 4 and secured to the extension 2 by meansof an adhesive substance 5. A flap 6 is folded on the dotted line 7, andthe reverse side thereof is provided with an adhesive substance 8. Whenthe corner is folded on the line 9 the adhesive substance 8 is connectedto the body portion 1 of the protector, thus providing an open cornerpocket, as shown in Fig. 3 to receive the corner of the cover of thebook.

Reinforcing strips 10 are formed on the cover 1 by folding portions ofthe cover upon itself to reinforce the edges of the cover 1 to preventtearing and fraying during continuous usage.

From the. foregoing it will be obvious that a book protector made inaccordance with:

this invention can be produced cheaply, and can be quickly connected tothe book.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from GEORGE FORTUNE. it-messes ARTHUR J. FORTUNE, A. I.Monnoox.

